Upcoming Events

Foundation Events Calendar

Please join the OSU Foundation for these upcoming events. Private
donor events are noted as
"by invitation." Links and additional details will be provided as confirmed.

Sponsorship opportunities The OSU
Foundation welcomes sponsorships from businesses and individuals
for its events. To learn more about sponsoring an event, please
contact Deborah
Correa, Director of Stewardship, at
541-737-4709.

On Saturday, June 6, OSU President’s Circle members enjoyed the Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade out in front of the OSU Foundation’s Portland Center. Participants were treated to lunch, OSU keepsakes, and reserved seating along the parade route.

Members of the Oregon State community came together to recognize outstanding faculty members as well as the generous donors who support them at a dinner on May 21. This year's honorees included eight new holders of endowed faculty positions and two distinguished professors.

OSU President’s Circle members and university friends came together on April 13 for an informative evening with ABC News' Chief Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser. Dr. Besser discussed the importance of communications in the public health field.

An awards gala honoring four outstanding volunteer leaders, an OSU tailgater and baseball game, faculty presentations on health and nutrition, and great company with fellow Beavers: all combined in three beautiful days in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Oregon State supporters celebrated the lasting impact of The Campaign for OSU during Homecoming. The celebration included a campus open house and tours, a multimedia showcase featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nicholas Kristof, dinner, and an after party.

OSU campus leaders and community members gathered to honor Rosalie and Pete '55 Johnson and other contributors to Johnson Hall, the new home of the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering.

OSU President’s Circle members enjoyed the Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade out in front of the OSU Foundation’s Portland Center. Participants were treated to lunch, OSU keepsakes, and reserved seating along the parade route.

More than 500 members of the OSU community gathered with acclaimed American author Tobias Wolff for the presentation of the 2014 Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, one of the nation’s largest accolades for lifetime literary accomplishment.

OSU Faculty Excellence DinnerMay 13, 2014
Members of the OSU community came together to recognize outstanding faculty members and acknowledge the generous donors who support them.

OSU President’s Circle members and university friends gathered February 20 for an evening of education and wine sampling, highlighting one of Oregon State’s fastest growing programs – fermentation science.

OSU in TempeFriday, November 15, 2013

The OSU Foundation invited President’s Circle members, university and OSU Alumni Association leaders, and fellow friends of Beaver Nation in Tempe for an evening reception prior to the Oregon State vs. Arizona State game.

The celebration at the Portland Art Museum honored new members of the Milton Harris Society, a donor community of alumni, friends, private foundations, and corporate partners whose lifetime giving to the university exceeds $1 million.

OSU faculty and staff gathered in the Valley Library Rotunda on October 23 to celebrate the impact their philanthropy is having at Oregon State. To date, current and emeritus faculty and staff have given nearly $24 million to the Campaign to OSU

OSU honored two new distinguished professors and 26 new holders of endowed positions established by generous donors to The Campaign for OSU. Donors have more than doubled the number of endowed positions available to OSU faculty since the start of the campaign.

On April 19, 2013, OSU’s College of Business launched a new era in educating tomorrow’s business leaders, as donors and the campus community helped commemorate the start of construction on Austin Hall.

On Tuesday, September 18, Oregon State dedicated the 30,000-square foot Student Success Center, adjacent to the CH2M HILL Alumni Center.

Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade
June 9, 2012

More than 150 Beavers enjoyed Portland's 100th Grand Floral Parade at the OSU President's Circle Viewing Party. Participants were treated to lunch, OSU keepsakes, and reserved seating to take in all the sights and sounds of parade pageantry.

Stone Literary Prize Reading
May 10, 2012

Inaugural recipient of the Stone Award for Literary Lifetime Achievement Joyce Carol Oates visited with more than 700 students and community friends during events in Corvallis and Portland. The award was created by a generous gift from Vicki and Patrick Stone '74.

OSU Faculty Excellence Luncheon
May 9, 2012

More than 90 members of the OSU community came together to celebrate the university’s outstanding faculty. OSU’s newest distinguished professors were honored alongside those faculty who have been appointed to academic societies or have been awarded endowed faculty positions.

More than 150 people attended the reception at the Vue, featuring Noah Strycker, naturalist, adventurer, and author of Among Penguins, published by OSU Press. Guests also heard from OSU Presidential Scholars Mitchell Truong ’13 and Tasha Livingstone ’13.

Linus Pauling Science Center Grand OpeningOctober 14, 2011

OSU community
members and friends celebrated the completion of
this cornerstone project of The Campaign for OSU. Construction
of the $62.5 million home of the Linus Pauling Institute and
the Department of Chemistry was made possible through the
generous support of the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation and
the family of Al and Pat Reser, along with gifts from 2,600
additional donors and a matching bond from the State of Oregon. See
more about this event.

Members of the President's Circle and 1868 Society gathered at
the Majestic Theater in Corvallis for a reception
and production of The Play's the Thing, by P.G.
Wodehouse. Presented by Willamette STAGE Company, the play
kicked off the annual Da Vinci Days Festival. See
more about this event.

Student Success Center Groundbreaking
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Oregon State University
celebrated the construction launch for its newest
student-support project, the Student
Success Center. The planned $14 million facility will be home
to academic support programs like BEST and September Scholars
when completed in June 2012. See
more about this event.